The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-08-18

u,ucr Than IIcr Travelling Companion.
Tho Latter l. No; Fond of old Ruins
Special Correspondence
ROME Aug As we came into Rome the
.r... la, That boy IN our party was giving
,..r.nf. m Roman history, and the subject
... treatment was the Coliseum.
.l..tc boss ruin OF the whole capoodle,'
.... h. .ani is bigger than all out doors.
f.. fourteen stories high with n mansaId
..nl fur cellars, and there amt fire
.. n thc whole shehang Tho plaster
I..aIl come OIL now, and IL looks like
,., York tenement house built 20 rent hut
.....a GREAT snap when the Romans had
.t.le about them They used o. have
e... Roman. collar and elbow and catch as
..+.. can wrestling matches, smuggling bouts,
,...fr fights. baseball games and all kinds
mhuauons like that, with "a target pInc-
,...n Christians. when busiuc-, had been
...l with fhe main guy ou thc warpath, aud
l.l.l captured big layout in some Of his
pa. m thc evangelical population. On show
r..if, they didn't put up the sign Stand
.. room only TN $1,000 tickets had been
,.l.ri no the door aud they bad box next
,.feUeh Mucka Mucks, with o Brussels
.....t ail % kcg of beer under the curtains
frr. exclusive use ~ the press. The man
.-..f fhe Coliseum was mp o. snuff, and
I..t..u forget TO- II was built boy an old
t.f.rf hey called Ncspasian about seventy
...l.N e. with 10000 captive jews he had
r..rt.l from Jerusalem expressly Tor the
,.... ,.. and after the ioh was done Doe had
Id tOlt uas left over killed ON the stage bo-
fr.t0. audience o. give the house "a good
.II f ana got his name in the papers The
Coliseum was"-
.WOaf vas that dater said !, iutcrruptng
r.I .y n bis mad career.
.I.rue soo.' said Doe, scratching his head
tna.rther cd years b. G.. and 1905" jews
..t Do. 10 10000 years b. G. and cd jews
I.tit z amt sure which. Hand me that
ul. book nl fresh upa little"
After that ] lost confidence in The boy as a
historian. lut enjoyed his original style Of
f.nn0n relative o. ruins and set him
3 -nfevp opportunity.
mre seem ruins and autquitias, and
.I.-.h.s. and pictures. aud relics, AMI soulp
..r. and monuments. and arches, and for
forums i- what ia cali them at homo, and
.... mi images. and cat1c0mls, and
....fx.-. and siuts ana Virgin Mays till
It. my brain was masazmeof curios
.t.- mI ifl could only adopt Dickey's sug-
--' ana convert Do INTO aiine museum
f.u.m America am sure ! could retire
..ul respectable aftertwo starring tours
IH f.. provinces.
.Ite ,.cI SD much in Rome said 10
D. h.F 600. night after hard day Woik,
.t.f really don't know whether ] I'm am old
n..t.ror au ancient ruin
l''ni h1o" ABOUT une "ll,i'"' i"'i, s"u
.. Iui im modrn total wreck Yet II
.rrtl the effort to live again The lives of
.. famous artist, Boa the paintings ~ their
bushes the clippings Of their chsos' there
-f.N reward for long drives tresoine "al5s'
ODD neuI-ame standing ODD Dot and dusty
.l.e to IuOk upon the evidences OF va.or Do
I. f.i and VI herosm in siaiemanshlp'
aH. are presented on every side in the
f'.nal City
Sis DEAR said ], "that sounds pretty hut
t.not BOO harmony with ny feelings osht
..n- t0 me is like hash, which docs well
n..-h for CD or 100 meals. but ISN'T good Tor
4,tlly diet. More things have gone INTO
u, eF.s iu day Than ! can digest n year,
nl It don't have mental dyspepsia before
there is uo virtue in symptoms
mm afraid ] am not as "pIreoIA'l'e
l. Diekey She sees tonnes treasures
ath uu artistic eye ana goes mo &C.
.a.,e, iut can't do II 70 save my NE.
me ~ the pictures please me- ana SD noes
meot the siatuory' hut the average Ola
..-.cr boz canvas OBJ marble makes ine want
-.. the whole lot bundled up ana sold Tor
.aE paper or htchins posts where lue people
re rot particular as u the style OF decor"-
H.l
Another delusion Is am ancient rum. lney
Ha.e up well DO photographs Dut li Ie''iJ
..t iooh like am unfinished 700 '' 'e"'l"s
DO Od uuAdlh-'' ana '",9 "i"" "'-7''
.Huon draws hu11H'uS' ] ""," D.'"
value m teaching tine newer ""iil "na'
a. colder was, hui that lesson is taught now,
fi tr teacher ought TO ue l'"'i'il'" avn"
eIt.nu rst They have become simply
unn- card for the business Oh ihe towns
ul.r. they are, and decent burial Us Tar bet
ar thm exposing the remain. for pecuniary
purposes. hehotel men and the shopkeepers
l.l Them very profitable and u the supply
should become exhausted doubt not tney
a.lIi organize company ioi furnishing